Share your cleaning/detailing tips!

I hope not with skills like this?

But from the sign it looks like hes doing this for customers so if he was wetting the interior hmmm ....
 
I mean it's literally impossible that some water didn't splash in when he does the door edge/trim and when he does the hinges. He can only angle it so much.. In the end, it's pretty bad ass.





TapaTalkin'
 
I know this may sound pretentious, but producing a deep mirror finish on a black car and keeping it that way without swirl marks or impurities takes time, discipline and resources. I remember when I first purchased my 2001 E39 530i it took me around 42 hours to bring it up to the standard I was happy with. The interior was relatively simple, using fine leather polishes and a shit-load of carpet shampoo. The exterior was another story.... Which involved mixing up my own secret citric wash to remove every single alien particle on the car, and then doing it again and again inside a freestanding clean room built in an enclosed garage. Then cutting the clear coat down with electric buffers aided by high powered lighting, before building up and layering soft Carnubra based waxes up over several days; and finally sealing it all in with an outer synthetic shell of durable wax. Then repairing all of the plastics, both on the body and inside the engine bay. The finished product was just ridiculous, would have put show cars to shame. But keeping it that way was the hard part, washing needed to be done a certain way with certain types of materials in order to avoid removing the synthetics; and the synthetic wax reapplied like clockwork so that the Carnubra never came in contact with the elements. After about a year, I just gave up on the whole deal. It was just too much work.

When the modifications to the FX50s are complete, i'll likely try to observe these same principals again. Because i'm a perfectionist at heart. But not to the same extent.

I'll try to find some pictures of a couple cars I restored for friends whilst I was in the Defense Force, one was a Black Ute and the other was a Skyline, came out looking like black mirrors.
 
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I have effectively removed hard water spots from my glass. Mix up about 1/2 teaspoon of dish soap with distilled water in a spray bottle. Get a straight edge razor blade. Work in small areas and soak the glass with the soapy solution to act as a lubricant. Gently slide the razor on the glass and you can actually hear the hard water spots (deposited minerals) break up and come off. Keep spraying while sliding the razor over the glass. Do this gently. Check your area and method to be sure you are not scratching the glass. If you do this gently, it will work. Wipe up and clean with a foam glass cleaner, like SprayWay. Worked for me! Now, my paint......
 
Blow dryer for leather. Get it nice and warm to open up the pores. My favorite thing for exterior is clay bar. By far best thing to come out for car detailing. I love the instant results in the feel of the paint.
 
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